Fuel of the Self-Starter: How Mood Relates to Proactive Goal Regulation

The authors consider how multiple dimensions of affect relate to individual proactivity. They conceptualized proactivity within a goal-regulatory framework that encompasses 4 elements: envisioning, planning, enacting, and reflecting. In a study of call center agents (N = 225), evidence supported the...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 2012-01, Vol.97 (1), p.134-150
Main Authors: Bindl, Uta K., Parker, Sharon K., Totterdell, Peter, Hagger-Johnson, Gareth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Affect - classification
Affect - physiology
Affective Behavior
Behavioural psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Conceptualization
Correlation
Distinctiveness
Emotional States
Emotions
Employees
Female
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Goal Orientation
Goals
Human
Humans
Job Performance
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical personnel
Medical Students
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Mood
Moods
Motivation
Motivation. Job satisfaction. Attitude
Objectives
Occupational psychology
Organizational behavior
Personality Traits
Proactivity
Psychological Patterns
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Regulation
Role
Statistical Analysis
Students
Students, Medical - psychology
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
Work - psychology
Work condition. Job performance. Stress
Young Adult
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Summary:The authors consider how multiple dimensions of affect relate to individual proactivity. They conceptualized proactivity within a goal-regulatory framework that encompasses 4 elements: envisioning, planning, enacting, and reflecting. In a study of call center agents (N = 225), evidence supported the distinctiveness of the 4 elements of proactive goal regulation. Findings further indicated that high-activated positive mood was positively associated with all elements of proactive goal regulation, and low-activated negative mood was positively associated with envisioning proactivity. These findings were further supported in a longitudinal investigation of career-related proactivity amongst medical students (N = 250). The role of affective experience in proactivity is more nuanced than previously assumed.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/a0024368